SEOUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) – South Korea has found hacking incidents at a total of 16 financial firms and around 100,000 cases of data leaks so far, the country’s financial regulator said on Wednesday. Financial authorities are conducting an in-depth investigation into hacking methods to determine whether AI was involved, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) […]
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South Korea finds hacking incidents at total of 16 financial firms
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SEOUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) – South Korea has found hacking incidents at a total of 16 financial firms and around 100,000 cases of data leaks so far, the country’s financial regulator said on Wednesday.
Financial authorities are conducting an in-depth investigation into hacking methods to determine whether AI was involved, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) said in a statement.
The FSC said it would conduct security inspections at financial firms and prepare measures for early detection of hacking threats as well as joint response.
(Reporting by Jihoon LeeEditing by Ed Davies)